Simrad ST90 Installation Manual

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Installationsummary
InstallationoftheST90isademandingtaskthatrequirescarefulpreparations,anumber
ofspecicprocedures,wiringandrequiredsystemsettings.
Context
Anoverallinstallationprocedureisprovided.Thisproceduredoesnotdescribeany
detailedtasks.Refertotherelevanttasksinthismanual.
Note
InordertoobtainmaximumsafetyandST90performance,itisveryimportantthatthe
installationproceduresinthismanualarecompliedto.Youmustdothetasksintheorder
theyaredescribed.Thevesselownermustmakesurethattheinstallationshipyardholds
theapplicablecompetencetoperformtheinstallation,andthattheapplicablemaritime
authoritiesareavailabletoverifyandcertifytheinstallation.
Thesize,locationanddesignofthesonarroommustfullalltherequirementstothe
vessel’ swatertightintegrity.Intheeventofamajorleak,itmustbepossibletocloseall
watertighthatchesand/ordoorstotheroomtomaintainvesselstabilityandsafety.The
physicalsizeofthesonarroommustbelimited,sothatintheeventofamajorleak,the
oodingoftheroomwillnotinduceinstability,orcausethevesseltocapsizeorsink.
Ifrequired,alldocumentsprovidedbytheshipyardforthephysicalinstallationofthe
ST90mustbeapprovedbythevessel’snationalregistryandcorrespondingmaritime
authorityand/orclassicationsociety.Suchapprovalmustbeobtainedbeforethe
installationcanbegin.Theshipownerandshipyarddoingtheinstallationareresponsible
forobtainingandpayingforsuchapproval.
Procedure
1Basedonthevesseldrawingsandbestpractice,determinewherethehullunitshall
belocated.
Necessaryconsiderationsmustbetakentoavoidacousticandelectricdisturbances.
Note
Theinformationinthisdocumentmustberegardedasgeneralguidelinesand
recommendationsonly.Theinstallationshipyardmustdesignandmanufacture
installationhardwaretotthetransducertoeachindividualvessel.Whenever
required,theinstallationshipyardmustalsohavethetransducerinstallation
approvedbytheapplicablemaritimeauthorities.
•Choosingthebestlocationforthehullunit,page59
•Acousticnoise,page76
TheST90Fishndingsonarcanbeprovidedwithoneofthefollowinghull
units.Thesametransducerisusedonallhullunittypes.
SimradST90InstallationManual

Simrad ST90 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	ST90
Category	Sonar
Language	English